Haven't done one of these in awhile. What's up, peeps?

Hello everybody! When I initially created this community, there wasn't a place to discuss board games on Lemmy yet. I set up this server on sopuli.xyz because many people were gravitating towards lemmy.ml and I wanted to help counteract that somewhat, even in a minor way. That said, activity here has been next to non-existent. The community over at [boardgames@feddit.de](https://feddit.de/c/boardgames) has surpassed this one in every way. Personally, I'm fine with this, so I have decided to **close this community and recommend people join that community instead.** At the time being, there isn't a compelling reason for this community to exist as an alternative. Should this change, I will reopen the community. That said, if anyone else wishes to take over this community, I would be happy to hand it over to them. Until then, goodbye!

I've been waiting for a reprint of South African Rails for awhile now. I played it awhile back at a con and had a great time, so it's nice to see it get a wider release alongside some maps.

Monthly check in! What have you all gotten to the table recently?

Got a play of Pax Porfiriana in yesterday. Excellent game, very close play. It came down to money after a military coup was narrowly averted. I probably could have won on money had I abandoned the coup attempt and sold off my assassin cards instead, but dang it, I don't want to be the richest player, I want to be the military dictator of Mexico! It's reminiscent of Pax Pamir, which is in the same system. I'd have to get another Pamir play in to compare, but I think I prefer Porfiriana.

All over the world, board game groups meet and play board games of all kinds, so let's talk about it!